A remarkable and historically authentic look inside Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary romance between Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. This novel explores Lombard's life and how the twin burdens of illegitimacy and silence shaped her daughter. When Cass McGowan, Lombard's grand-daughter and professor of film history, discovers her famous grandmother's diaries and edits them for publication the reader is plunged into a world twisted between the present and the past where time and space lose their hold. Cass chases her ...
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A remarkable and historically authentic look inside Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary romance between Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. This novel explores Lombard's life and how the twin burdens of illegitimacy and silence shaped her daughter. When Cass McGowan, Lombard's grand-daughter and professor of film history, discovers her famous grandmother's diaries and edits them for publication the reader is plunged into a world twisted between the present and the past where time and space lose their hold. Cass chases her grandmother through her story, seeking her own answers as she explores the subtle complexities of love told through the stories of three generations of women--an interwoven strand of blood and love. Cass's search moves as swiftly as the trains Carole knew so well until it reaches its own spellbinding conclusion. This book is authentic Lombard, as close as anyone can get to knowing her now.
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Fair. Binding tight, pages unmarked except moisture stain inside front and back covers and lightly on page edges. Writing on back endsheet. The cover is good except the stain inside. Your purchase benefits world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
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